Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-16
THECOKE OPERATORS.
THEY HOLD 4 NETTING YESTERDAY AND
RESOLVE 10 STAND PIRM.
fAsRa rNa Grant n Advance h wasa ~
Esdace The Pns Of 0oks-Ssns Innls Hiahgy
Of ths Sriks-ffs Funacenns Snsa--
fhsy Won't Resume Operations

fIfSBUR6, June 14-Ine COKE opck1-
tors have taken decided action IN regard -
the strike.
They held the most important nssliag
this morning that has been called dnoe
the last conference with the representative
of the strikers
The coke operators came to The city IN
morning from every sActica Of ths Cenr
nellsville region. The Producers Asspckr
alton and the outside operators wsrs sll
represented, Of the members Of IL -
Syndicate were including tho Arns sf
Moore and Cochran, also rsprss1atsl,
with Tho exception Of ~ carnsgis iaHne-,
ests Mr.. J. X. staufIer prssided snd Jnss
F. Atchison acted Is Secretary.
The meeting was short but harnnny
marked its proceedings, and the opsrainn
who were present promised 10 stand Sy
each other in whatever plan was decided
upon. The following resolution was thsa
adopted:
Resolved, That we resfarm our position 70 make
no advance In wages
None Of the blast furnacemen called on
the operators, lat the question Of reducing
the selling price Of co;sa was discusssd. No
resolution was adopted, but u was agresd
that the position assuLlcd several weeks
ago by the syndicate should be maintained.
That position is that the operaton have
now strike on hand, but when 10 h set-
tied then they will take under Just consid-
Grafton the request Of the furnscemeu 70
reduce coke from ~ to 81. SO per ton. The
operators adjourned 10 meet at the call of
the chairman.
SOME INSIDE HISTORY.
"The true reason for the action Of Carns-
gle, Phipps & Co. in regard 10 the coks
strike has not been given" remarked .
prominent manufacturer this morning.
Perhaps IL would be we'll 10 give u
now" remarked the writer.
well, / will give you the facts In .
general way rs have heard thcm stated.
The Carnegie firm has largo contrAct Coz
rails with railroad in the West Thu
railroad company has q large land grant
from the Government which Ia very val
eable. The privilege will expire this
fall--on the first Of October. / believe
and the. company Is straining
every nerve to finish the kpc IN
time to save the grant There are
about two hundrrd miles Of rod
undsr way and the Edgar Thompson
worhu Is making the rails for L. Ths
contracts covering this work have heavy
psnalty clauses and besides this the Car
negie 6F1n have taken some bonds from the
company in part payment for the rails. II
the land grant is forfeited the bonds will
not be worth much. When the project Of
q stoppage of the works came before the
firm II naturally decided 10 bring things to
q sudden conclusion. Andrew Carnegie
has number Of reasons for desiring 10
fulfill this particular railroad coutract,
and these reasons run up into big money
in more ways than one. So you can
readily understand why he took the per-
emptory stand he did and why the advance
was given 10 the men,"
THE FURscEMEs's STAND.
The furnacemen held o largely attended
meeting ut the Monongahela House this
morning, at which the price of coke wa
fully considered.
The majority Of furnaces were represent.
ed aud the question fully and carefully
considered In MI its bearings. Some ums
since, they decided not 10 pay more than
80 for coke, and at the meeting to-day
they reaflirmed their former action,
resolution to that effect being unanimousiy
adopted. They also passed q resolution to
the effect that they wanted the price Of coke
equafized and that the discrimination here
tofore practiced must be done away with II
the coke producers In thisssection wisbed
TO hold the furnacemen's trade. The latter
claim that II had been the custom hereto
fore TO upjustly discriminate against Iargs
holders In favor Of certain powerful steel
rail manufacturers. Aftsr the pasaags Of
these resolutions the meeting sdjeurnsd.